US History EOC Review (SSUSH14,15)

What was the MAIN reason that the U.S. wanted to build a canal across the isthmus of Panama?

• to connect the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
• to support Panama's revolution for independence.
• to allow Columbia to regain Panama as a protectorate.
• to allow merchant ships from all nations a quicker sea route around South America.

At the outbreak of World War I, the U.S. declared a policy of 

• neutrality.
• indifference.
• helping our allies.

Organization whose goal it was to settle conflicts before they reached the battlefield.

• League of Nations
• United Nations
• North American Security Council

The 14th point of Wilson's plan for peace created a

• North American Peace Association

• United Nations

• World Court

• League of Nations

Who rejected President Wilson's League of Nations and would not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

• US Senate
• US House of Representatives
• England
• Latin America

President Wilson's plan for peace after WWI was called

• The United Nations
• The Wilson Corollary
• The Fourteen Points

He was a socialists, led the Pullman Strike and was arrested and convicted of violating the Espionage Act during World War I.

• Samuel Gompers
• Eugene V. Debs
• Upton Sinclair
• A. Philip Randolph

What was the main reason the US Senate cited that they would not ratify the Treaty of Versaille, which contained the formation of a League of Nations?

• they did not want to pay the yearly dues

• they were afraid it would get the US involved in foreign wars

• they believed the US would end up bearing all of the responsibility for the organization.

• they did not think of it first, so therefore, would not support it.

Which of the following led to fierce congressional debate over U.S. expansionism?

• The massacre at Wounded Knee
• The end of the Spanish-American War.
• The purchase of Alaska.

Which of the organizations below was created after WWI to solve world problems before they get to the battlefield?

• United Nations

• The World Court

• The League of Nations

• Committee of Public Information